German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, right, meets Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy on June 1, 2023.
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz outlined bold, long-term goals: Strengthen the country’s depleted military with extraordinary investments and adopt assertive foreign policy defending global norms.
Treading water: the Grace 1 tanker was seized by Gibraltar in early July.
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After Brexit, the UK will need to decide whether it supports EU diplomacy or US militarism.
Guinea coup leader Moussa Dadis Camara speaks to the media in 2009.
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A well-trained military is crucial to a functioning civil democracy, but it can be a liability too.
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It’s the end of the world (order) as we know it.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks at a conference for her party.
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In reelection bid, Merkel’s not just up against a xenophobic, nationalist party in Germany. In the wake of Trump’s election, liberal democracies around the world hope she’ll defend them, too.
Rumpled.
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The second organisational pillar of the European order isn’t as threatened as the EU – but there’s trouble ahead.
All falling down.
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Membership of the EU guarantees Britain’s political power in Europe and beyond.
Vladimir Putin has his own geopolitical priorities.
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Reports that Russia would use nuclear weapons if NATO continues to push into the Baltic states are misleading.and mischievous.